Bill Text: CA AB2640 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pupil instruction: animal dissection.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-08-15 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2640 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2640-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2640

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Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra

February 14, 2024

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An act to amend Section 49041 of the Education Code, relating to pupils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2640, as introduced, Kalra. Pupils: voter registration.

Existing law authorizes the administrator of a high school, or the administrator’s designee, to appoint one or more pupils who are enrolled at that high school to be voter outreach coordinators, as provided.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 49041 of the Education Code is amended to read:

49041.

 (a) The administrator of a high school, or his or her designee, the administrator’s designee, may appoint one or more pupils who are enrolled at that high school to be voter outreach coordinators.

(b) A voter outreach coordinator may coordinate voter registration activities on his or her their high school campus that encourage persons who are eligible to register to vote pursuant to Section 2101 of the Elections Code, or other persons who may submit an affidavit of registration pursuant to Section 2102 of the Elections Code, to apply to register to vote by submitting an affidavit of registration on paper or electronically on the Internet Web site internet website of the Secretary of State.

(c) A voter outreach coordinator may, with the approval of the administrator of the high school, or his or her designee, the administrator’s designee, coordinate election-related activities on his or her their high school campus, including voter registration drives, mock elections, debates, and other election-related pupil outreach activities.